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VOL. XL Q. 8
Enfer4 at Portland (Oregon)
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SESSION SETTLES
FOREIGN BRIDES NOT
BIG
STATE LEGISLATURE
PLANE FALLS; POLICE
DEFIED; LAW FAULTY
3 HURT IX CRASH; PILOT RE
FUSES TO REPORT MISHAP.
SOLONS LAUD WORK
OF COLONEL WHITE
POPULAR AT CAPITAL
'-LENGTHENS SESSION
FEW VITAL ISSUES
BIO S IRES
HUGHES
CHOSEN
MARCH 4 BERLIfJ S
DAY OF NEW HOPE
CITY
DIPLOMATS GET TIPS TO WED
LAWMAKERS WORK THIS WEEK.
RESOLUTIOX PKAISIXG SERV
ICE UXAXIMOtSLY ADOPTED.
AMERICAN GIRLS.
TO DISPOSE OF BILLS.
STATE SECRETARY
i
Harding Announces Se
i
MODERN
Not Much Real Big Legis
lation Enacted.
PORT ACTION IS IMPORTANT
Road Programme Matters
Also Accomplishments.
J.ITTLE ELSE IS DONE YET
3"o Great Extent Foremost Sleas
lircs. Hare Been Those Affect
ins Multnomah County.
i STATE HOUSC. Salem, Or., Feb. 19
(Special.) Casting a retrospective
p lance over the accomplishments of
the 31st assembly of the Oregon
legislature, which normally ends its
' labors tonight but
over until the coming week discloses
comparatively little big legislation.
Aside from the road programme
measures, which were all more or
less calculated to develop the state,
there has been somewhat of a dearth
of important subjects handled.
Without question the most import
ant legislation of the session has
been the enactment of the Port of
Portland development plans, which
include improvement of North Port
land harbor. In a way, this was
local legislation, but the entire state
tliowej interest in the improvement
of the harbor facilities of the
metropolis.
Kaotern Oregon Active.
Eastern Oregon was especially
active In insisting on the North
Portland lmDrovement. for in tha
section are the stockyards and pack
ing houses and the cattlemen of the
Oregon ranges want water transpor
lation to the eastern market.
To a great extent, the foremos
measures have been those affecting
Multnomah county. Aside from the
Dort development bills, which were
local but can be classified as genera
because of their wide influence upon
the producers of the state, the next
most important bi'.! to Multnomah
was the creation of the tax sgper-
visory and conservation commission
which will empower" three men to re
vise budgets downward and make
possible the reduction of the tax rale
in Multnomah county. To this county,
the bill was particularly attractive.
Oudert Body I Required.
A companion bill to the tax com
mission directs that every tax levying
body must have a budget committee
composed of citizens who shall look
afler the budget items and hold pub
lie hearings. This local budget law
is general inasmuch as it applies to
tvery tax levying body In Oregon.
The new state fish commission and
the new state game commission and
the respective fish and game cod
have been adopted, and these are gen
eral. The Rogue river fish bill, i
trictly local measure, has been set
tied for the next two years at least.
and for once has consunn but little
time in the present session.
The tenure bill, or rather bills, have
eaten up more time than any other
one subject this session. The
teachers' bills have been tossed back
and forth; have been passed and de
feated, reconsidered and failed of re
consideration and have split the Mult
nomah delegation into factions and
the legislature in opposing cliques.
Tenure Bill Is Pawed.
At last in the closing days a tenure
bill ' -S passed both houses and now
the teachers are bringing pressure on
the governor to place his veto upon
it. vlth all the time this subject
lias taken, the tenure question is
strictly local and applies only to the
people of school district N'o. I, -hich
is the city of Portland.
In a desire to do something for
the ex-service men. tV.e legislature
Con.-lUil,d on I'ase S. Column 1 )
p.. ViNuT A - 5 W0 WANKS-
W GVSINSS AT NOON ANOESTOo A
Service Wonders if Harding Will
liaise Greater Objection to
Foreign Women.
LONDON. Feb. 19. (Special.)
While no definite step baa been taken
by the state1 department at Washing
ton to discourage marriages of mem
bers of tho diplomatic and consular
staffs abroad. It Is learned that in
several Instances recently some
younger men, who seemed to be con
templating marrying girls of foreign
countries, have been told by their re
spectlve chiefs that the best interests
of the country would be served if
they patronized "home talent.'
In view of legislation aimed at the
combing out of all foreigners from
American embassies and consulates
with the exception of messengers.
there has been much speculation in
Uncle Sam's official family abroad
whether or not the state department
under the Harding administration
will send out a quiet tip to marriage
able diplomats and consuls to marry
American girls.
In recent years there have been
several marriages of secretaries of
the first rank with foreginrs, and. In
one Instance the bride was a titled
woman. She is said to be continuing
the use of her title despite the fact
I that she is now an American citizen,
which will holdand on sev"l occasions In conse
quence mere nas been an embarrass
ing question arising about the mat
ter of precedence in European courts.
While her husband Is plain Mr., ehe
bears the title of "lady," although of
ficially she Is entitled only to be
called Mrs.
The fact that her husband is now
ordered to a South American country
may bring the matter to a head, be
cause in her own right she is at lib
erty to use her title despite her
American marriage.
'IT'S ME' GOESJN CHICAGO
School Superintendent "Don't" Ob
ject to Such Diction.
CHICAGO. Feb. 19. The expressions
it is me" and "he don't" are permis
sible for both schoolteachers and Pu
pils in Cook county schools under an
opinion issued today by Edward J.
Tobin. superintendent of the county
schools.
Peter Mortensen, superintendent of
Chicago schools, said that while Mr.
Tobin might authorize use of the ex
pressions in Cook county schools, they
would not be permitted in Chicago
schools.
FLIGHT MAY BE RECORD
Aero-Marine Boat Does 725 Miles
in 6 Hours 5 7 Minutes.
WILMINGTON. N. C, Feb. 19
Flying from Keyport, N. J., to South-
port, 7-5 miles, in 6 hours and 61
minutes, the aero-marine boat Ponce
de Leon is believed to havo set a new
record today.
The craft landed at Southport late
tcday with seven passengers, and
plans to resume Its flight tomorrow
for the West Indies.
MINE BRIDGE BLOWN UP
Alabama Properly Isolated; Open
Shop Plan in Operation.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 19. A
bridge over Warrior river in Jefferson
county, near Deltona, serving the new
coal mines of Z. O. Rogers, was dyna
mited today, according to advices to
state military headquarters here. The
mming property Is said to be com
pletely isolated.
The mine has operated on an open
shop plan, its officers said.
BIBLE GIFT OF WILSON
President Presents Autographed
Volume to Historic Church.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 19
President Wilson today sent to the
historic church of Bruton parish,
Williamsburg, Va.. a costly bound
Bible.
The Bible was autographed with his
signature.
Anything Distinctive of
Argentina Lacking.
FEATURES ARE ALL BORROWED
Buildings, Hotels, Motors
Keep With Other Cities.
STRIKES HURT BUSINESS
Great Wealth Which Comes From
Cattle Ranges Used to Build Pal
aces and Fine Boulevards.
BT LOUIS SEIBOLD.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pnb-
Buenos Aires has the appearance of
the worst parts of Chicago from the
outside and is quite as attractive as
ny other big town in the world once
you get really into it. It Is the boast
of most of the 2.200,000 perso who
reside in the sixth place among the
umerically great cities of the world
that "B. A." is as good as any oiner
town on earth. Furthermore, they
resent ample evidence of a substan-
ial sort to prove their claim.
There" Is no que-tion that B. A. Is
hie- modern, oroeressive and up to
date in every way. A visitor obtains
the Impression somehow that the
people of "Baires," which, is the code
nam for the Argentine metropolis,
have shopped on an expensive! scale
throughout the world, bought liberal
ly and brought back most of the es
sentials that combine, when thrown
together, to make a big, impressive
town.
City Features All "-rrowej;
In other words, B. A. is a "store
town." Almost every feature of it
was borrowed, confiscated or pur
chased in Petrograd, Brussels, Lon
don, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid,
Rome. New TorK. Chicago, Boston.
Mexico Cltv and San Francisco. The
streets, buildings, hotels, restaurants,
motor cars, shops, subway, parks, pub
lie institutions, newspapers and f" -si-
dential palaces are quite as impres
sive as can be found In any other
city in the world. Some of them are
even better, and vast improvements
on the originals.
But the one thing that a visitor
seeks in vain about Buenos Aires is
something distinctive of the Argen
tine. The nearest approach to such a
distinction is that it presents an indi
vidual character which is rompli-
entary to the Italian people rather
than to the Spanish. And B. A. is
the largest "Spanish town" In the
world. v
Italian Important In Trade.
The Italians, wno constitute the
largest single racial element in the
metropolis of South America and who
further contribute most to its com
mercial importance, em to have left
a deeper impress of their national
character, habits and customs on it
than the Spanish, who come next, or
any of the other races who combine
to make it a truly cosmopolitan town.
A visitor will look long and in vain
for some suggest, on in architecture,
street feature, menu cards, business
methods, music, diversion or ther
expression that will reveal the true
heart of the Argentine, which beats
fr.r remote from the skyscrapers, the
subway, the whirri-g motor cars and
tho tho- - -ghfares that provide a par
ade ground for both attractive and
unattractive women, garbed as cor
rectly as those in the other great
cities of the world, who zealously
adhere to the standards of London,
Paris and New York fashions.
Ilverythlnir Modern I Found Here.
But there is always intruded on
your attention the most popular fea
tures of other cii!es. B. A. is never
(Concluded on I'age 4. Column 1
PICTORIAL COMMENTS
288 Measures in House and Senate
Yesterday; Solons Get X'o
Pay for Overtime.
STATE HOUSE, Salem. Or., Feb. 19.
(Special.) The senate and house
recessed this afternoon until .Monday
morning at 11 o'clock.
Under forced draught, with pressure
applied on the printing office, and a
general tightening up of the gears of
the legislative machinery, the session
could have come to its natural end
tonight. There was no disposition
on the part of the president and
speaker, however, to drag the ses
sion into an early-morning adjourn
ment, When house and senate answered
rollcall this morning there were 288
bills in both houses. In the house
committees were 33 senate bills and
40 house bills, while on third reading
there were 31 senate bills and 41
house bills. This made a total of 121
bills and other matters before the
house In various stages. The senate
was confronted with 77 bills of its
own and 45 which had crossed over
from the house, making a total of 168
bills for the upper branch of the leg
islature to dispose of.
"It would be better business," an
nounced Speaker Bean when the house
(Concluded .i Page 16. Column 4.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 52
degrees; lowest, Mi; cloudy.
TODAV'S Rain, southerly winds.
Departments.
Churches. Section 5, page 2.
Books. Section 5, page 3.
Schools. Section 5, page 6.
Automobiles. Section 6.
Kditorlai. Section 3, page 8.
Dramatic. Section 4, page 4.
Moving picture news. Section 4, page 2.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
page S.
Music. Section 3, page 10.
Women's Features.
Fashions. ' Section 5, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Suction 5, page 4.
Auction bridge. Section 5, page 6.
Madame Richet's column. Section 5,
page 5.
Child welfare column. Section 5, page 4.
Society. Section 3, page 2.
Women's activity. Section 4, page 6.
Special Features.
Gifts to new-born babies new method of
advertising. Magazine section, page 1.
How many times can a woman love?
Magazine section, page 2.
Managers, fiction feature. Magazine sec-
tion, page 3.
New? of the world as seen by the camera.
Magazine section, page 4.'
Intimate diary of Margot Asquith. Maga
zine Hection, page 5.
Vanity turns from clothes to varnish.
Magazine section, page 6.
What are we going to do about the Immi
grants? Magazine section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons, "Aiming Us Mortals,"
Magazine section, page 8.
Home building and decorating. Section 5,
page 1.
Darling's cartoons on topics of the day.
Section 3, page 7.
Native trees and shrubs suitable for
decorating. Section 5, page 8.
Gardening chats. Section 5, page 8.
Women add to conquests in business and
professions. Section 3, page 11.
Montague story. Section 1, page 11. !
George Ade fable. Section 4, page 5.
Movie at Dayton owned by citizens. Sec
tion 4. page 7.
Stories of prominent Portianders. Section
4, page 7.
Foreign.
Diplomats get tip not to wed foreign girls.
Section 1, page 1.
France awaits impatiently policy of Hard
ing toward league of nations. Section
1. page ri.
London conference to open tomorrow. Sec
tion 1, page 6.
Euenos Aires modern city, but not dis
tinctive of Argentina. Section 1. page 1.
Two ugly problems, Irish question and un
employment, confront Great if ri tain.
Section 1, page 4.
March 4 is Germany's day of new hopes.
Section 1, page 1,
American activities in Europe greatly re
duced. S -tio- 1. page 16.
National.
Senate bill limits immigrants to 333,000.
Section 1, page 2.
Senate committee finds army bill as pained
by house far from satisfactory, section
1. page 2.
Tariff and foreign dbts linked together
indissoiubly, says Mark bullivan. Sec
tion 1, page 3.
Merchants told how to save expenses and
yet make profit. Section 1, page 10.
Cost of government to be reduced, aays
head of house ways and means commit
tee. Section 1, page 3.
Way out of legislative jam !n congress
suggested by Representative Mondell.
Section 1, page 6.
Labor has new way to set wage scale.
Section 1, page 4.
Domestic.
Mail clerk shot by outlaw dying. Section
1. page 12. - 1
BY CARTOONIST PERRY ON SOME RECENT
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City Attorney Says Slate, Portland
Traffic Measures Do Xot
Cover Reckless Fliers.
The crash of an Avro airplane be
longing to the P., R. & G. Air Line on
a vacant lot opposite the municipal
aviation field shortly after 6 o'clock
last night and the "subsequent refusal
of the pilot, J. C. Peters. 679 Mult
nomah avenue, to give information
to the nolice concerning the accident,
brought up very pertinently the ques
tion as to whether aviators were sub
jeet to the city and state traffic law
Peters, who was said to be giving
a lesson to two students, was badly
cut about the face in the fall. Neithe
of the beginners was seriously in
jured. The trio were rushed from the
scene in an automobile before th
arrival of the police. In endeavorin
to investigate three patrolmen an
police lieutenant were defied by
Mrs. Peters. She refused to let them
see her husband and she would not
give them the names of the two stu
dents.
Baffled, Captain Inskeep consulte
Assistant City Attorney Stadter, who
nr.held Mrs. Peters In her stand. H
said that an airplane was not covere
by existing Oregon traffic laws an
(Concluded on Page 16, Column 7.)
Domestic.
Hughes selected by Harding for secretary
of state. Section 1, page 1.
United States losing and Europe gain in
Jjttin-Ameriea.i trade, says Colby. Sec
tion 1,,-page 16.
Pacific Northwest.
Phi Sigma Kappa chapter installed
Oregon Agricultural college. Section lj
page 10.
Elks of Chehalls, Wash., dedicate new
$125,000 temple. Section 1, page 11.
Binger Hermann tells of early days. Sec
tion 1, page 12.
Executive committee of Umatilla Rapid
Power association is chosen. Section 1,
page 7.
Legislatures.
Anti-alien bill is killed in senate. Section
1. page 8.
Washington fish code changes embodied In
bill carrying out Governor Hart's pro
gramme. Section 1, page 1.
Bill Introduced In Idaho senate seeks to
modify primary election law. Section 1,
page 8.
Legislature' settles but few vital Issues,
section 1, page 1.
Stage set for hot senate fight over re-
districting tomorrow. Section 1. page 8,
State legislature lengthens session to dls
pose of bills. Section 1, page 1.
Legislative Investigation clears Washing
ion state reclamation board of charges.
.section i, page U.
Solons laud work of Colonel White. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Total of 7-15 bills introduced in legislature
at riose or 40-day period. Section 1
page 12.
Sports.
Bud Ridley's rise declared prodigy. Section
page 4.
Tentative lawn tennis dates for northwest
set by Waltf Gots. Section 2, page 1.
Aberdeen bow ers play Klines today. Sec
tion 2, page 3.
Schoolboys begin baseball practice. Section
-. page 3.
Whitman to play Bearcats at Salem. Sec
tion 2, page 2.
American crawl stroke better than Austral-
Ian. Section 2, page 2.
Contract problems put up to Land is. Sec
tion 2, ago 1.
Broader athletics declared needed. Section
. page 2.
University of California again defeats Uni
varsity of Oregon quintet at Kugene.
oection page 3.
International race Is won by Jole Ray.
aecuon page 4.
, Commercial and Marine.
Better feeling in wool markets east and
west. Section 1, page Hi.
Talk of export business strengthens wheat
at Chicago. Section 1, page 10.
Oils and marines weak features of stock
market. Section 1, page li.
Portland's forces in Washington to argue
tor more snips, section 1, page 16.
Market price movement Irregular past
week but confidence growing. Section
1, page IS.
Two steel motorshfps tie up In harbor. Sec
tion 1, page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Three are caught In liquor ring net. Sec
tion 2, i age 22.
Ad club to launch campaign Monday for
Oregon goods, f itlon 1, page 15.
Street prune feast brings week to close.
Section 2, page 22.
Rabbit show declared most successful ever
held In Portland. Section 2, page 22.
Building of hoi.. .j urged on Portland. Sec
tion 1, page lo.
Jury In second trial of Lotisso murder case
ordered closely guarded. Section 1,
page 14.
If dependent order B'nal B'rith in 58th an
nual session. Section 1, page 15.
Specific 'features of major traffic street
plan reauy ror for Liana city council.
Section 1, page 14.
Plane falls, police defied; law at fault. Sec
tion I. page 1.
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lection After Conference.
FOREIGN PROBLEMS STUDIED
Appointee and President-
Elect Refuse to Talk.
WORLD LEAGUE ONE TOPIC
Approaches to Other Xations Will
Be Informal, Relief of
Close Friends.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla Feb. 19.
Charles E. Hughes, formerly supreme
court justice and republican nominee
for the presidency, was designated by
President-elect Harding today as the
new secretary of state. ' The an
nouncement embodying- the first of
ficial word from thi president-elect
regarding selections for his cabinet
was made in an oral statement after
long-- conference with Mr. Hughes
on foreign problems.
There was no element of surprise In
the selection, for it had been known
several weeks that Mr Hughes was
almost certain to get the place. He
s understood to have been Mr. Hard
ing's choice from the first.
Neither Make Statement.
Mr. Harding' declined to to into
details about the subjects discussed
with Mr. Hughes, saying that one of
the policies of his administration
would be to let each department head
speak for himself. Mr. Hushes de
clared no public statement on the
problems ahead would be expedient
at present.
"Of course," he added, "I appraise
it as a great privilege to be invited
by Senator Harding to serve in his
administration. And I regard it aB
an imperative obligation to accept."
It was generally understood, how
ever, that diplomatic appointments
furnished one topic, and preliminary
steps to be taken toward an associ
ation of nations V as another. The
discussion regarding appointments
was indefinite. It being Mr. Harding's
policy to delay most of the diplomatic
selections until after tho inaugura
tion. Approaches to Be Informal.
The general impression among
hose close to the president-elect is
that the first diplomatic approaches
o other nations in regard to a peace
association will bo of an informal
character.
No official diplomatic correspond
ence is expected on the subject and no
formally accredited diplomatic niis-
ona are likely to be sent abroad
until the attitule of other powers has'
been felt out quietly and some basis
for negotiation established.
Mr. Hughes will bring to the sec
retaryship of state a legal training of
un sual scope as well as "a mind sym-
athetlc to international agreement
nd for maintenance of peace. Dur-
ng the treaty fight he advocated re-
erveti ratification of the Versailles
eague and proposed several reserva
tions which were considered by the
senate majority.
Hughe First One Called.
In .the national campaign last year.
Mr. Harding held one of his longest
conferences with Mr. Hughes, and
hen "the conferences of beet minds"
began at Marion In December he was
first to be summoned.
Strong support for other available
en for the state portfolio developed
uring December and January, one of
e most insistent movements being
for the selection of i-lihu Root, a
former secretary. Since the first of
the year, however, there have been re
peated Indications Mr. Harding's mind
was made up.
The only question Mr. Hughes was
(Concluded on Pape 3, Column 4.)
TOPICS IN THE NEWS.
r
4 fKE. HAvVxSmGrE OF
Adjutant-General Is Said to Have
Been Largely HesponsS)'0
for Oregon's Record.
STATE HOUSE, Salem. Or., Feb. 1.
(Special.) By unanimous vote, the
house today, adopted a house concur
rent resolution In which appreciation
is acknowledged for the distinguished
services and patriotism displayed by
Colonel George A. White, adjutant
general of the tjtate of Oregon. In
mobolizing Oregon's military forces
when this country entered the world
war.
The resolution was presented by
the joint house and Eenate committee
on military affairs, and received the
unanimous support of the house reso
lutions committee, to which It was
referred when presented.
The resolution set forth that Ore
gon established matchless and last
ing traditions in responding to the
national emergencies of the world
war, by being foremost of all 6tates
in the Union to send her citizen sol
diers equipped and ready into active
service.
Oregon, the resolution stated, dis
played the splendid energy and patri
otism of her people by being fore
most of all states in the Union to
complete a war census of her young
manhood of military age, and Ore
gon was also the first state to com
plete preparation of her first quota
of men for selective services, and in
completing the machinery for raising
further large quotas of men It was
said.
These achievements, according to
the resolution, were due in a large
measure to the foresight, energy and
tireless efforts of Colonel White,
then adjutant general of the state,
services which, the resolution stated.
were far beyond the call of duty.
Credit for raising the standard of
Oregon first," a Btandard now recog
nized as a tradition of this state, is
given to Colonel White.
The resolution also called attention
to the fact that Colonel White laid
aside his duties as an official of the
state, after the arduous tasks of
mobilization and war organization
had been completed, In order to vol
unteer for service with the first Ore
gon men who joined the American
expeditionary forces In France, and
served with such distinction that he
was decorated by the president of the
French republic.
CARUSO EATS SOLID FOOD
Physicians Say Singer Is Making
Progress to Recovery.
NEW YORK. Feb. 19. Enrico
Caruso today apparently maintained
the progress he has been making In
repulsing a heart attack which early
this week threatened his life.
He appeared more cheerful and
was able again to eat solid food.
While he still had some fever, his
physicians dcslared his condition was
progressing..
Bruno Zlrato, the tenor's secretary,
in a statement said '.hat for the first
time since his relapso Caruso sat up
this evening, supported by pillows
and assisted by his nurso and valet.
MORE RAIN IS PREDICTED
Unsettled Weather With Xormal
Temperatures Forecast.
WASHINGTON'. D. C, Feb. . 19
Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Monday arc:
Northern Rocky mountain and
plateau regions Cold, generally fair,
with some probability of snow, first
part of week.
Pacific states Normal temperature;
unsettled andains.
MARINES KILLED IN HAITI
Seattle Man One of Two Victims of
Airplane Crash.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 19
Two marines were killed in an air
plane crash at Mirebalals, Haiti, yes
terday, the navy department an
nounced today.
They were Gunnery Sergeant Donald
L. Mack of Seattle and Pay Clerk
Douglas K. Booth of Key West, Fla.
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Germany. Looks to
Harding for Peace.
TRADE NATION'S SALVATION
Teutons Happy if Paris
Treaty Is Adhered To.
ENGLISH ARE CALLED SLY
"French Hate Us and We Know
It," Says Official, "but lin.
Ibh Try to Cheat Us."
BT WILLIAM Bl RD.
(Special rahlc dinpatrh to Tho f irpgontan.
Copyright by Tho Oregoniaii.)
BERLN. Feb. 19. (Special cable.)
"If Harding will sign anything I
don't care what I will hang out the
American flag."
This remark dropped whimsically In
conversation by an official of the
German foreign office was. neverthe
less. Intended seriously to express the
view that whatever basis the United
States would adopt as the first step
toward peace and the resumption of
normal trade, would be considered by
the Germans as a great Hrlde for
ward, especially In view of the pres
ent anomalous situation.
Would Germany prefer a separate
peace to the ratification of the treaty
of Versailles? It would be Interest
ing, indeed, to, get an authoritative
answer to this question, but this cor
respondent doubts if any German of
ficial can give one.
Purl. Treaty Moat Poptiliar.
The writer gets a very clear Im
pression however, that many German
officials and private citizens, se
cretly, are hoping that America will
adhere. In some form to the pact of
Versailles. This Is curious In view
of the fact that Irreconcllahleg and
advocates of a separate peace in the
I'nlted States are sometimes called
pro-Germans by their fellow country
men. Vet opinion here tends toward the
view that ratification of the Paris
treaty would be accomplished nior.
expeditiously and would go further In
bringing an Immediate remimptlun of
trade than any effort to arrive at a
separate arrangement between Ger
many and the United .Slates.
This does not mean, however, that
American ratification of the Paris
treaty would be greeted by unani
mous cheers. It is. rattier, the views
oT quiet people, who are tired of agi
tation. Certain political elements would, of
course, seize on it as nn excutio for
further disturbances as tliey d on
every development in foreign politic!.
For, like many othor things in Ger
many today lahc for example bread,
sugar and coffee German politics Is
"ersatz" (a substitute). It is not real.
Turtle. After Advantages.
Issues are not discussed with any
Idea of enlightening public opinion
but of getting party advantages.
Parties themselves instead of being
interested primarily In programmes
are interested In Jobs.
Tho present government, which
rests i tho combination of many
parties, has been thus obliged to
multiply politicul sinecures beyond
all reason. Office holders today are
the ones who are doing the agi
tating. Therefore, much of the con
stant complaining In Germany may
be discounted, for It is intended for
heme consumption.
While local elements continue to
proclaim against France, there Is,
strangely enough. In the undercur
rents of discussion a renewed desire
for tho "strafing" of England, This,
perhaps, is a healthy sign for It may
indicate that tho Germans expect an
early resumption of trado wherein
England will be a far stronger coui-
tConclu.l'-d un 1'hK'? 4. Column 4.)
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